Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-20

cepted by it. Most of them were works Of
fiction; but some were scientific, which t,ot
every woman, or man either, engaged in
literary work could have taken hold cf At
this time she met socially as well as profess
sionally many Of the then prominent men
and women Of letters Of London, by whom
she was recognized as one of the brightest in
the profession. Charles Reade was one Of
her sincerest friends. She it was who sug-
gested TO him the ending for "Put Yourself
in His Place" She also assisted him in pre-.
pairing the chapter which describes the flood.
While in London and subsequently during
several years residence in France and Italy,
Miss Logan was a regular correspondent of
The Boston Saturday Evening Gazette and
The Golden Era of San Francisco, journals
which then held high literary prominence and
enjoyed a particularly sunny heyday of pros
perity. She also won considerable fame as a
writer of short stories for the magazines Of
England and this country.
She married abroad during our civil
war, but returned to this country soon after
it ended and has remained here ever since
She lived in Washington, writing stories and
corresponding for several journals. Atlength
she became associate editor of Don Piatt's
paper, The Capital, SO distinguished at that
time as the wittiest and most speak your
mind journal in existence. Many OF the
vigorous editorials which made it famous
were written by Celia Logan, though, Of
course, that fact was only known within The
Capital office, and to few outsiders who
were closely connected with the career of The
Capital. AS is the case Of hundreds of other
journalistic writers, it has been her fortune
to do much of her best work in this imper-
sonal way, and so lose the credit of what
would have made her famous
In addition to her original writing she
has done much excellent work as a translator
from tie French ald Italian. Curiously
enough, her first efforts in tho' field were
made in converting American rnews from
English into Latin. She lived in Milan,
Italy, during our late war. The facilities of
the Milanese press for obtaining American
war news were then much below what was
demanded by the Importance Of the occasion.
Miss Logan was known as one of the literati,
and as it was understood that she regularly
received news from her own country con-
cerning the struggle which then engrossed
the attention of the civilized world, the direc-
tors of the Milanese press appealed to her for
aid Not then being sufficiently acquainted
with Italian to translate into that language,
and English being sealed book to Milanese
journalists, q compromise suggested by her
was tried and proved to be happy solution
OF the difficulty. She first put the American
war news into Latin and then the Journalists
turned the Latin into italian.
Another important branch of Miss Logan's
literary work has been the rewriting, adapt.
ing and translating Of plays. As in the case
of so much of her editorial work, the credit of
what she has done in this direction has gone
to others, who have won fame and fortune
by her combined literary and dramatic tai
ent. One of her works, the drama, San
American Marriage" has been eminently
successful in winning both the plaudits of the
public and the appreciation Of the press. Her
intimate relations with the stage have given
her unusual advantages for critical judgment
upon it and literary work pertaining to it.
She contributed to The Sunday Dispatch a
few years ago long series of articles under
the title, "These Our Actors" which at
tracted much favorable comment.
As poet Miss Logan first became known
Some of her earlier versified productions en-
title her to rank with the best of Americas
minor poets. Her mind is analytical, more
logical than is generally expected Of woman.
Her style in writing, though graceful and
replete with charming fancy, is condensef:
and forceful in consequence of her Journal
istic training. For several years past she
has been resident Of New York, but is now
in Alexandria, Va. Not being blessed with
as good health as in the past. she does less
writing than she did few years ago.